COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1979.144.22
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Tsireh, Awa
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
ca 1895-ca. 1955
Biography:
Member of both Navajo and San ildefonso tribal groups. Self-taught. Additional artists in the family include his mother Alfoncita Roybal, aunt TonitaRoybal, uncle Crecencio Martinez, uncle Juan and sister Santana Martinez (the daughter-in-law of Julian Martinez head of another artistic family). Was the leader of the San Ildefonso artists.
Creator Name-CRT:
Awa Tsireh
Title:
Basket Dancer
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1920-1930
Creation Start Date:
1920
Creation End Date:
1930
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (26.7 x 14.8 cm)
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Height
Measurement Value:
26.70
Measurement Unit:
cm
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Width
Measurement Value:
14.80
Measurement Unit:
cm
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Depth
Measurement Unit:
cm
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1979.144.22
Credit Line:
Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice H. Rossin
Inscriptions:
back upper left in pen and ink: Henderson Collection # 10 back lower right in ink: by/Awa. Tsireh
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1979.144.22_1a.tif
